CVE-2022-44840

Public on 2023-08-22
Modified on 2024-01-30
Description
Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in binutils readelf before 2.40 via function find_section_in_set in file readelf.c.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 binutils Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core binutils Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 binutils Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H